diff --git a/block/vmdk.c b/block/vmdk.c
index 931eb2759c..bd36ece125 100644
--- a/block/vmdk.c
+++ b/block/vmdk.c
@@ -91,6 +91,44 @@ typedef struct {
     uint16_t compressAlgorithm;
 } QEMU_PACKED VMDK4Header;
 
+typedef struct VMDKSESparseConstHeader {
+    uint64_t magic;
+    uint64_t version;
+    uint64_t capacity;
+    uint64_t grain_size;
+    uint64_t grain_table_size;
+    uint64_t flags;
+    uint64_t reserved1;
+    uint64_t reserved2;
+    uint64_t reserved3;
+    uint64_t reserved4;
+    uint64_t volatile_header_offset;
+    uint64_t volatile_header_size;
+    uint64_t journal_header_offset;
+    uint64_t journal_header_size;
+    uint64_t journal_offset;
+    uint64_t journal_size;
+    uint64_t grain_dir_offset;
+    uint64_t grain_dir_size;
+    uint64_t grain_tables_offset;
+    uint64_t grain_tables_size;
+    uint64_t free_bitmap_offset;
+    uint64_t free_bitmap_size;
+    uint64_t backmap_offset;
+    uint64_t backmap_size;
+    uint64_t grains_offset;
+    uint64_t grains_size;
+    uint8_t pad[304];
+} QEMU_PACKED VMDKSESparseConstHeader;
+
+typedef struct VMDKSESparseVolatileHeader {
+    uint64_t magic;
+    uint64_t free_gt_number;
+    uint64_t next_txn_seq_number;
+    uint64_t replay_journal;
+    uint8_t pad[480];
+} QEMU_PACKED VMDKSESparseVolatileHeader;
+
 #define L2_CACHE_SIZE 16
 
 typedef struct VmdkExtent {
@@ -99,19 +137,23 @@ typedef struct VmdkExtent {
     bool compressed;
     bool has_marker;
     bool has_zero_grain;
+    bool sesparse;
+    uint64_t sesparse_l2_tables_offset;
+    uint64_t sesparse_clusters_offset;
+    int32_t entry_size;
     int version;
     int64_t sectors;
     int64_t end_sector;
     int64_t flat_start_offset;
     int64_t l1_table_offset;
     int64_t l1_backup_table_offset;
-    uint32_t *l1_table;
+    void *l1_table;
     uint32_t *l1_backup_table;
     unsigned int l1_size;
     uint32_t l1_entry_sectors;
 
     unsigned int l2_size;
-    uint32_t *l2_cache;
+    void *l2_cache;
     uint32_t l2_cache_offsets[L2_CACHE_SIZE];
     uint32_t l2_cache_counts[L2_CACHE_SIZE];
 
@@ -435,6 +477,11 @@ static int vmdk_add_extent(BlockDriverState *bs,
          *            minimal L2 table size: 512 entries
          *            8 TB is still more than the maximal value supported for
          *            VMDK3 & VMDK4 which is 2TB.
+         *     64TB - for "ESXi seSparse Extent"
+         *            minimal cluster size: 512B (default is 4KB)
+         *            L2 table size: 4096 entries (const).
+         *            64TB is more than the maximal value supported for
+         *            seSparse VMDKs (which is slightly less than 64TB)
          */
         error_setg(errp, "L1 size too big");
         return -EFBIG;
@@ -460,6 +507,7 @@ static int vmdk_add_extent(BlockDriverState *bs,
     extent->l2_size = l2_size;
     extent->cluster_sectors = flat ? sectors : cluster_sectors;
     extent->next_cluster_sector = ROUND_UP(nb_sectors, cluster_sectors);
+    extent->entry_size = sizeof(uint32_t);
 
     if (s->num_extents > 1) {
         extent->end_sector = (*(extent - 1)).end_sector + extent->sectors;
@@ -481,7 +529,7 @@ static int vmdk_init_tables(BlockDriverState *bs, VmdkExtent *extent,
     int i;
 
     /* read the L1 table */
-    l1_size = extent->l1_size * sizeof(uint32_t);
+    l1_size = extent->l1_size * extent->entry_size;
     extent->l1_table = g_try_malloc(l1_size);
     if (l1_size && extent->l1_table == NULL) {
         return -ENOMEM;
@@ -499,10 +547,16 @@ static int vmdk_init_tables(BlockDriverState *bs, VmdkExtent *extent,
         goto fail_l1;
     }
     for (i = 0; i < extent->l1_size; i++) {
-        le32_to_cpus(&extent->l1_table[i]);
+        if (extent->entry_size == sizeof(uint64_t)) {
+            le64_to_cpus((uint64_t *)extent->l1_table + i);
+        } else {
+            assert(extent->entry_size == sizeof(uint32_t));
+            le32_to_cpus((uint32_t *)extent->l1_table + i);
+        }
     }
 
     if (extent->l1_backup_table_offset) {
+        assert(!extent->sesparse);
         extent->l1_backup_table = g_try_malloc(l1_size);
         if (l1_size && extent->l1_backup_table == NULL) {
             ret = -ENOMEM;
@@ -525,7 +579,7 @@ static int vmdk_init_tables(BlockDriverState *bs, VmdkExtent *extent,
     }
 
     extent->l2_cache =
-        g_new(uint32_t, extent->l2_size * L2_CACHE_SIZE);
+        g_malloc(extent->entry_size * extent->l2_size * L2_CACHE_SIZE);
     return 0;
  fail_l1b:
     g_free(extent->l1_backup_table);
@@ -571,6 +625,205 @@ static int vmdk_open_vmfs_sparse(BlockDriverState *bs,
     return ret;
 }
 
+#define SESPARSE_CONST_HEADER_MAGIC UINT64_C(0x00000000cafebabe)
+#define SESPARSE_VOLATILE_HEADER_MAGIC UINT64_C(0x00000000cafecafe)
+
+/* Strict checks - format not officially documented */
+static int check_se_sparse_const_header(VMDKSESparseConstHeader *header,
+                                        Error **errp)
+{
+    header->magic = le64_to_cpu(header->magic);
+    header->version = le64_to_cpu(header->version);
+    header->grain_size = le64_to_cpu(header->grain_size);
+    header->grain_table_size = le64_to_cpu(header->grain_table_size);
+    header->flags = le64_to_cpu(header->flags);
+    header->reserved1 = le64_to_cpu(header->reserved1);
+    header->reserved2 = le64_to_cpu(header->reserved2);
+    header->reserved3 = le64_to_cpu(header->reserved3);
+    header->reserved4 = le64_to_cpu(header->reserved4);
+
+    header->volatile_header_offset =
+        le64_to_cpu(header->volatile_header_offset);
+    header->volatile_header_size = le64_to_cpu(header->volatile_header_size);
+
+    header->journal_header_offset = le64_to_cpu(header->journal_header_offset);
+    header->journal_header_size = le64_to_cpu(header->journal_header_size);
+
+    header->journal_offset = le64_to_cpu(header->journal_offset);
+    header->journal_size = le64_to_cpu(header->journal_size);
+
+    header->grain_dir_offset = le64_to_cpu(header->grain_dir_offset);
+    header->grain_dir_size = le64_to_cpu(header->grain_dir_size);
+
+    header->grain_tables_offset = le64_to_cpu(header->grain_tables_offset);
+    header->grain_tables_size = le64_to_cpu(header->grain_tables_size);
+
+    header->free_bitmap_offset = le64_to_cpu(header->free_bitmap_offset);
+    header->free_bitmap_size = le64_to_cpu(header->free_bitmap_size);
+
+    header->backmap_offset = le64_to_cpu(header->backmap_offset);
+    header->backmap_size = le64_to_cpu(header->backmap_size);
+
+    header->grains_offset = le64_to_cpu(header->grains_offset);
+    header->grains_size = le64_to_cpu(header->grains_size);
+
+    if (header->magic != SESPARSE_CONST_HEADER_MAGIC) {
+        error_setg(errp, "Bad const header magic: 0x%016" PRIx64,
+                   header->magic);
+        return -EINVAL;
+    }
+
+    if (header->version != 0x0000000200000001) {
+        error_setg(errp, "Unsupported version: 0x%016" PRIx64,
+                   header->version);
+        return -ENOTSUP;
+    }
+
+    if (header->grain_size != 8) {
+        error_setg(errp, "Unsupported grain size: %" PRIu64,
+                   header->grain_size);
+        return -ENOTSUP;
+    }
+
+    if (header->grain_table_size != 64) {
+        error_setg(errp, "Unsupported grain table size: %" PRIu64,
+                   header->grain_table_size);
+        return -ENOTSUP;
+    }
+
+    if (header->flags != 0) {
+        error_setg(errp, "Unsupported flags: 0x%016" PRIx64,
+                   header->flags);
+        return -ENOTSUP;
+    }
+
+    if (header->reserved1 != 0 || header->reserved2 != 0 ||
+        header->reserved3 != 0 || header->reserved4 != 0) {
+        error_setg(errp, "Unsupported reserved bits:"
+                   " 0x%016" PRIx64 " 0x%016" PRIx64
+                   " 0x%016" PRIx64 " 0x%016" PRIx64,
+                   header->reserved1, header->reserved2,
+                   header->reserved3, header->reserved4);
+        return -ENOTSUP;
+    }
+
+    /* check that padding is 0 */
+    if (!buffer_is_zero(header->pad, sizeof(header->pad))) {
+        error_setg(errp, "Unsupported non-zero const header padding");
+        return -ENOTSUP;
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static int check_se_sparse_volatile_header(VMDKSESparseVolatileHeader *header,
+                                           Error **errp)
+{
+    header->magic = le64_to_cpu(header->magic);
+    header->free_gt_number = le64_to_cpu(header->free_gt_number);
+    header->next_txn_seq_number = le64_to_cpu(header->next_txn_seq_number);
+    header->replay_journal = le64_to_cpu(header->replay_journal);
+
+    if (header->magic != SESPARSE_VOLATILE_HEADER_MAGIC) {
+        error_setg(errp, "Bad volatile header magic: 0x%016" PRIx64,
+                   header->magic);
+        return -EINVAL;
+    }
+
+    if (header->replay_journal) {
+        error_setg(errp, "Image is dirty, Replaying journal not supported");
+        return -ENOTSUP;
+    }
+
+    /* check that padding is 0 */
+    if (!buffer_is_zero(header->pad, sizeof(header->pad))) {
+        error_setg(errp, "Unsupported non-zero volatile header padding");
+        return -ENOTSUP;
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static int vmdk_open_se_sparse(BlockDriverState *bs,
+                               BdrvChild *file,
+                               int flags, Error **errp)
+{
+    int ret;
+    VMDKSESparseConstHeader const_header;
+    VMDKSESparseVolatileHeader volatile_header;
+    VmdkExtent *extent;
+
+    ret = bdrv_apply_auto_read_only(bs,
+            "No write support for seSparse images available", errp);
+    if (ret < 0) {
+        return ret;
+    }
+
+    assert(sizeof(const_header) == SECTOR_SIZE);
+
+    ret = bdrv_pread(file, 0, &const_header, sizeof(const_header));
+    if (ret < 0) {
+        bdrv_refresh_filename(file->bs);
+        error_setg_errno(errp, -ret,
+                         "Could not read const header from file '%s'",
+                         file->bs->filename);
+        return ret;
+    }
+
+    /* check const header */
+    ret = check_se_sparse_const_header(&const_header, errp);
+    if (ret < 0) {
+        return ret;
+    }
+
+    assert(sizeof(volatile_header) == SECTOR_SIZE);
+
+    ret = bdrv_pread(file,
+                     const_header.volatile_header_offset * SECTOR_SIZE,
+                     &volatile_header, sizeof(volatile_header));
+    if (ret < 0) {
+        bdrv_refresh_filename(file->bs);
+        error_setg_errno(errp, -ret,
+                         "Could not read volatile header from file '%s'",
+                         file->bs->filename);
+        return ret;
+    }
+
+    /* check volatile header */
+    ret = check_se_sparse_volatile_header(&volatile_header, errp);
+    if (ret < 0) {
+        return ret;
+    }
+
+    ret = vmdk_add_extent(bs, file, false,
+                          const_header.capacity,
+                          const_header.grain_dir_offset * SECTOR_SIZE,
+                          0,
+                          const_header.grain_dir_size *
+                          SECTOR_SIZE / sizeof(uint64_t),
+                          const_header.grain_table_size *
+                          SECTOR_SIZE / sizeof(uint64_t),
+                          const_header.grain_size,
+                          &extent,
+                          errp);
+    if (ret < 0) {
+        return ret;
+    }
+
+    extent->sesparse = true;
+    extent->sesparse_l2_tables_offset = const_header.grain_tables_offset;
+    extent->sesparse_clusters_offset = const_header.grains_offset;
+    extent->entry_size = sizeof(uint64_t);
+
+    ret = vmdk_init_tables(bs, extent, errp);
+    if (ret) {
+        /* free extent allocated by vmdk_add_extent */
+        vmdk_free_last_extent(bs);
+    }
+
+    return ret;
+}
+
 static int vmdk_open_desc_file(BlockDriverState *bs, int flags, char *buf,
                                QDict *options, Error **errp);
 
@@ -848,6 +1101,7 @@ static int vmdk_parse_extents(const char *desc, BlockDriverState *bs,
          * RW [size in sectors] SPARSE "file-name.vmdk"
          * RW [size in sectors] VMFS "file-name.vmdk"
          * RW [size in sectors] VMFSSPARSE "file-name.vmdk"
+         * RW [size in sectors] SESPARSE "file-name.vmdk"
          */
         flat_offset = -1;
         matches = sscanf(p, "%10s %" SCNd64 " %10s \"%511[^\n\r\"]\" %" SCNd64,
@@ -870,7 +1124,8 @@ static int vmdk_parse_extents(const char *desc, BlockDriverState *bs,
 
         if (sectors <= 0 ||
             (strcmp(type, "FLAT") && strcmp(type, "SPARSE") &&
-             strcmp(type, "VMFS") && strcmp(type, "VMFSSPARSE")) ||
+             strcmp(type, "VMFS") && strcmp(type, "VMFSSPARSE") &&
+             strcmp(type, "SESPARSE")) ||
             (strcmp(access, "RW"))) {
             continue;
         }
@@ -923,6 +1178,13 @@ static int vmdk_parse_extents(const char *desc, BlockDriverState *bs,
                 return ret;
             }
             extent = &s->extents[s->num_extents - 1];
+        } else if (!strcmp(type, "SESPARSE")) {
+            ret = vmdk_open_se_sparse(bs, extent_file, bs->open_flags, errp);
+            if (ret) {
+                bdrv_unref_child(bs, extent_file);
+                return ret;
+            }
+            extent = &s->extents[s->num_extents - 1];
         } else {
             error_setg(errp, "Unsupported extent type '%s'", type);
             bdrv_unref_child(bs, extent_file);
@@ -957,6 +1219,7 @@ static int vmdk_open_desc_file(BlockDriverState *bs, int flags, char *buf,
     if (strcmp(ct, "monolithicFlat") &&
         strcmp(ct, "vmfs") &&
         strcmp(ct, "vmfsSparse") &&
+        strcmp(ct, "seSparse") &&
         strcmp(ct, "twoGbMaxExtentSparse") &&
         strcmp(ct, "twoGbMaxExtentFlat")) {
         error_setg(errp, "Unsupported image type '%s'", ct);
@@ -1207,10 +1470,12 @@ static int get_cluster_offset(BlockDriverState *bs,
 {
     unsigned int l1_index, l2_offset, l2_index;
     int min_index, i, j;
-    uint32_t min_count, *l2_table;
+    uint32_t min_count;
+    void *l2_table;
     bool zeroed = false;
     int64_t ret;
     int64_t cluster_sector;
+    unsigned int l2_size_bytes = extent->l2_size * extent->entry_size;
 
     if (m_data) {
         m_data->valid = 0;
@@ -1225,7 +1490,36 @@ static int get_cluster_offset(BlockDriverState *bs,
     if (l1_index >= extent->l1_size) {
         return VMDK_ERROR;
     }
-    l2_offset = extent->l1_table[l1_index];
+    if (extent->sesparse) {
+        uint64_t l2_offset_u64;
+
+        assert(extent->entry_size == sizeof(uint64_t));
+
+        l2_offset_u64 = ((uint64_t *)extent->l1_table)[l1_index];
+        if (l2_offset_u64 == 0) {
+            l2_offset = 0;
+        } else if ((l2_offset_u64 & 0xffffffff00000000) != 0x1000000000000000) {
+            /*
+             * Top most nibble is 0x1 if grain table is allocated.
+             * strict check - top most 4 bytes must be 0x10000000 since max
+             * supported size is 64TB for disk - so no more than 64TB / 16MB
+             * grain directories which is smaller than uint32,
+             * where 16MB is the only supported default grain table coverage.
+             */
+            return VMDK_ERROR;
+        } else {
+            l2_offset_u64 = l2_offset_u64 & 0x00000000ffffffff;
+            l2_offset_u64 = extent->sesparse_l2_tables_offset +
+                l2_offset_u64 * l2_size_bytes / SECTOR_SIZE;
+            if (l2_offset_u64 > 0x00000000ffffffff) {
+                return VMDK_ERROR;
+            }
+            l2_offset = (unsigned int)(l2_offset_u64);
+        }
+    } else {
+        assert(extent->entry_size == sizeof(uint32_t));
+        l2_offset = ((uint32_t *)extent->l1_table)[l1_index];
+    }
     if (!l2_offset) {
         return VMDK_UNALLOC;
     }
@@ -1237,7 +1531,7 @@ static int get_cluster_offset(BlockDriverState *bs,
                     extent->l2_cache_counts[j] >>= 1;
                 }
             }
-            l2_table = extent->l2_cache + (i * extent->l2_size);
+            l2_table = (char *)extent->l2_cache + (i * l2_size_bytes);
             goto found;
         }
     }
@@ -1250,13 +1544,13 @@ static int get_cluster_offset(BlockDriverState *bs,
             min_index = i;
         }
     }
-    l2_table = extent->l2_cache + (min_index * extent->l2_size);
+    l2_table = (char *)extent->l2_cache + (min_index * l2_size_bytes);
     BLKDBG_EVENT(extent->file, BLKDBG_L2_LOAD);
     if (bdrv_pread(extent->file,
                 (int64_t)l2_offset * 512,
                 l2_table,
-                extent->l2_size * sizeof(uint32_t)
-            ) != extent->l2_size * sizeof(uint32_t)) {
+                l2_size_bytes
+            ) != l2_size_bytes) {
         return VMDK_ERROR;
     }
 
@@ -1264,16 +1558,45 @@ static int get_cluster_offset(BlockDriverState *bs,
     extent->l2_cache_counts[min_index] = 1;
  found:
     l2_index = ((offset >> 9) / extent->cluster_sectors) % extent->l2_size;
-    cluster_sector = le32_to_cpu(l2_table[l2_index]);
 
-    if (extent->has_zero_grain && cluster_sector == VMDK_GTE_ZEROED) {
-        zeroed = true;
+    if (extent->sesparse) {
+        cluster_sector = le64_to_cpu(((uint64_t *)l2_table)[l2_index]);
+        switch (cluster_sector & 0xf000000000000000) {
+        case 0x0000000000000000:
+            /* unallocated grain */
+            if (cluster_sector != 0) {
+                return VMDK_ERROR;
+            }
+            break;
+        case 0x1000000000000000:
+            /* scsi-unmapped grain - fallthrough */
+        case 0x2000000000000000:
+            /* zero grain */
+            zeroed = true;
+            break;
+        case 0x3000000000000000:
+            /* allocated grain */
+            cluster_sector = (((cluster_sector & 0x0fff000000000000) >> 48) |
+                              ((cluster_sector & 0x0000ffffffffffff) << 12));
+            cluster_sector = extent->sesparse_clusters_offset +
+                cluster_sector * extent->cluster_sectors;
+            break;
+        default:
+            return VMDK_ERROR;
+        }
+    } else {
+        cluster_sector = le32_to_cpu(((uint32_t *)l2_table)[l2_index]);
+
+        if (extent->has_zero_grain && cluster_sector == VMDK_GTE_ZEROED) {
+            zeroed = true;
+        }
     }
 
     if (!cluster_sector || zeroed) {
         if (!allocate) {
             return zeroed ? VMDK_ZEROED : VMDK_UNALLOC;
         }
+        assert(!extent->sesparse);
 
         if (extent->next_cluster_sector >= VMDK_EXTENT_MAX_SECTORS) {
             return VMDK_ERROR;
@@ -1297,7 +1620,7 @@ static int get_cluster_offset(BlockDriverState *bs,
             m_data->l1_index = l1_index;
             m_data->l2_index = l2_index;
             m_data->l2_offset = l2_offset;
-            m_data->l2_cache_entry = &l2_table[l2_index];
+            m_data->l2_cache_entry = ((uint32_t *)l2_table) + l2_index;
         }
     }
     *cluster_offset = cluster_sector << BDRV_SECTOR_BITS;
@@ -1623,6 +1946,9 @@ static int vmdk_pwritev(BlockDriverState *bs, uint64_t offset,
         if (!extent) {
             return -EIO;
         }
+        if (extent->sesparse) {
+            return -ENOTSUP;
+        }
         offset_in_cluster = vmdk_find_offset_in_cluster(extent, offset);
         n_bytes = MIN(bytes, extent->cluster_sectors * BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE
                              - offset_in_cluster);